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Wairarapa Age, 12 August 1930, Page 4

1 Before retiring from, active Rugby • football, Mr. C. G. Porter, captain of , the Wellington and New _ Zealand i teams means to see the present season j out in club and interprovincial games. ' George T. Scales, of Ruawhata, a dairy fanner, sustained a severe loss ’ through the destruction by fire of his 1 milking shed, plant, implements and • other accessories, states a message from Pahiatua.—(P.A.) ’ An open verdict was returned at an t inquest held yesterday aftornom into 1 the circumstances surrounding the p death of Daniel McKeown, a farmer t of Ngaruawahia, who was found dead ■ with a shot gun beside him on his > farm yesterday morning, a Hamilton 5 Press Association message states. • Elizabeth McVeigh, employed at Mer Keown’s house, said deceased left ’ homo at 6.30 yesterday morning ant said he was going to attend to a sick *’ow. Tho Coroner said there was no > evidence Io shew that deceased had intontinnnlly tn 1 r.n his life. AU the casual hands, 73 in number, employed in the Auckland inward and outward Railway goods sheds, received notice yesterday that they would no longer be treated as “permanent casuals,” with a guarantee, of 48 hours’ work weekly, but would be placed on the list of “emergency casuals” and called upon when required. The men receive a wage of Is lOd an hour 'and the guarantee has assured them of a wage of £4 8s per week. The effect of the notice will be to institute a system of short time, under which presumably all will be treated alike. Tho alternative would have been to discharge, sav, 20 men. -(P.A.) Oak suite for sale. Quiet sheep dog wanted. Domestic situation wanted. Breeding cockerels for sale. H.M.V. gramophone for sale. Steel Queen disc harrow for sale. Washing and cleaning work wanted. Capable girl for country advertised for. Household vacuum cleaning by the hour advertised. Black Jersey cow, no visible brand, lost from Martinborough. The A.M.P. Society elsewhere notify the* issue of a copy policy. Invitation holders are reminded of the Old Girls' hockey dance to night. Hall clock, Westminster chime, advertised for sale by Mr. D. W. Sim, Perry Street. Mr. G. Dallas, jeweller, elsewhere notifies that ho is a cash buyer of old gold and silver jewellery. A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of John Patrick Byrne, farmer, Carrington, will be held in the 1 Cburthhouse, Masterton, at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, August 21.